Sentence examples for an effort to contest from inspiring English sources

2.25pm: The breakaway group doesn't bother making an effort to contest the intermediate sprint, but take the lion's share of the points on offer between them.

BEIJING — The celebrated Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei on Tuesday posted the equivalent of $1.3 million with Chinese tax authorities in an effort to contest accusations of tax fraud that he says are politically motivated.

Nina Turner, a Sanders surrogate, told the Times that some of his supporters are planning civil disobedience and an effort to contest the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, in Philadelphia.

Mr. Obama has also made gains in Oregon and New Jersey, counterparts to Indiana and Missouri in that they might have become competitive had Mr. Romney made more of an effort to contest them, but Mr. Romney did not do so.

If you are unable to do these steps or are playing mechanically, make an effort to contest each pot, to the best of your ability, or end the session.

Mr. Bush's representatives also said today that they were giving up any effort to contest the count in another close state, Iowa, a decision that suggested that they were putting all of their efforts into winning the battle here.

With an eye on the clock in Florida, the Bush campaign today officially abandoned any effort to contest Iowa's seven electoral votes, casting the decision as a high-road way to help ensure the "fairness, accuracy and finality" of the presidential election.

It was a margin wide enough that neither side made a major effort to contest or challenge votes to try to flip a state.

It also includes stories on a cholera outbreak in Cuba, rising defaults on Brazilian loans and a failed effort to contest the result of Mexico's presidential election.

In 2008, by contrast, Republicans held their convention in St . Paul and John McCain's campaign made a considerable effort to contest Minnesota.

G.O.P. PLANS CALIFORNIA BLITZ -- Despite polls showing Vice President Al Gore holding on to a comfortable lead over Gov. George W. Bush in California, the Republican Party says it will begin a $1 million-a-week television advertising blitz in the Los Angeles area in the next few days that, as party officials describe it, will be a "serious" effort to contest the Golden State.